Button-strip for garments



(NoModel.) H W BUTTON STRIP FOR GARMBNTS.

190.3995338. Patented Mar. 12, 18,89.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY NV. LYON, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON-STRIP FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent NO. 399,338, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed January 1'7, 1889. Serial No. 296,669. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom L' 71mg/ concern:

Be 1t known that I, HENRY LYON, a eitizen of the United States, residingat Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of 1 Conneetient,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in vl3Litton-Strips;and I do hereby declare the following` to be a full, elear, and exactdescription ot' the invention,

sueh as will enable others skilled in the art Ir to which it appertainsto makeand use lhe SENDO.

My invention relates lo eerlain improve;` ments in the eonstruetion ofbutton-strips,

and has li'or its object to provide sueh a strip without any stilehingwhatever; and with,y

these ends in view my invention eonsists in the details ofeonstrl'ietion and eomljiinalion of elements, sueh as will beherona-.liter fully set forlh, and then speeilieally designated by i theelaim.

In the atafompanying drawings, lf-igure l is a plan of my Completedbutton-strip; Fig. a eross-seetion; Fig. il, a longitudinal section, andFig. l a plan showing the manner ot' atlaehing the strip wil hin acorset.

Similar lignres denote like parts in lhe several views.

l is a strip ol webljiing having at the rear the bead at the end of thestrip, thenee through i the adjoining eross-poeket and threaded with inthe button-eyes, then returiled through said pocket and run through thenext section of the bead, and so on.

Within a eorset the Former is plaeed between The strip, with the hollowIn seen ring said strip plies I 5 of the latter, and secured bylengthwise rows, l5, of stitehes, a long stitch, 7, being l laken atthose points where the eross-poekets l ext-end, in order that the oordmay not be i bound. This manner of stitching is highly l i preferable,sinee it firmly seenres the strip within the eorset and alV the samelime leaves the oord l.' ree to be laken up or slaekened for the purposeel' properly adjusting the buttons; but the attaehing et the stripwithin l a Corset has nothing to do with. my inven lion, and I reter toit merely to show one el the advantages which eharaelierize the use ot'my improvement.

\\Ihen my improved button-strip is made in lengths, I knot the ends ofthe eord, in order to prevent them from being d rawn baek within thebead.

By forming the bead at the rear edge et' the strip there can be no unduestraining or distortion of either the strip or the Corset, sinee saidbead presents a shoulder, at the base of whieh the rear row, li, oli'stitehing extends, thus affording an exeeedinglystoul ressl'anee l toany strain on the eord,

I elaim The eon'lbina-tion, with a labrie slrip having at the rear edgea hollow bead and provided with inlerior erosspoekets whieh interseelsaid bead, ot' a Continuous cord threaded through said bead and extendedthrough said poekets in the form ot' loops \\'l1iehprojeet beyond thetrontedge ot' the strip, said loops being threaded with the eyes of lhebuttons, substantially as shown, and tor the purpose selforth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in l presenee ot twowitnesses.

HENRY W. LYON.

\Vitnesses:

S. WILLiAusoN, JOHN J. DEvITr.

